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Half Male – Half Female Chesapeake Blue Crab
This crab, known as a bilateral gynandromorphism, is about 4.5 inches long and is estimated to be in its third year. It has both blue and red claws at the tip and an apron (lower abdomen) split in the middle. Typically, male gazami crabs have blue toes and a T-shaped apron, while females have a red tip and a wide apron. Gynandromorphic crabs have not been reported on the East Coast for at least 15 years. Gynandromorphism does not occur in mammals, but has been observed in lobsters, crabs, snakes, butterflies, bees, chickens and other birds. Video, >click to read< 10:19
A Fishy Revolving Door Story – Arne Fuglvog registered to lobby for four different commercial fishing companies — Aleutian Spray Fisheries, Blue North Fisheries, Fishermen’s Finest and Glacier Fish —
OpenSecrets Blog – Last February, 
was sentenced to five months in prison by a federal court in Alaska for lying about how many tons of sablefish his commercial fishing operation harvested. But Fuglvog isn’t just any commercial fisherman; he’s a former fishing regulator and fishery adviser to Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska). Even while he worked with Murkowski in Washington, his boat continued to harvest an illegal amount of fish, former employees have said.
Now, having paid his debt to society and the sablefish population, Fuglvog is back in Washington — as a lobbyist. continued
